- #Windows key not opening start menu full#
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#Windows key not opening start menu windows#
I fully expected to have to restart Windows but to my surprise Cortana was taking keyboard input, and so did the Edge browser. The rename was then allowed and I could copy the slightly larger InputLocaleManager.DLL into the System32 directory no problem.
#Windows key not opening start menu full#
Windows 10 wouldn’t directly allow me to rename this file as I wasn’t a “trusted installer” but right clicking on the file name, going into properties, then in the security tab I added my user name on the list and checked all the allow boxes for full control of the file, and hit apply. With everything looking ok but Cortana, Edge browser, or any other Windows input field not working I decided to rename the 135K file InputLocaleManager.DLL to and copy the 136K file of the same name I got off the other Windows 10 to replace it. I verified that there was the appropriate record:įor the English-US keyboard. HKEY_LOCAL_HARDWARE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Input\Locales Running SFC /scannow did not fix the problem.
#Windows key not opening start menu pro#
On another Windows 10 Pro that was normal: The problem was not with the CTFMON.EXE file but with the InputLocaleManager.DLL file. Just solved this problem on a Win10 Home laptop. Now copy/paste following text string in RUN dialog box and press Enter key: Press WIN+R keys together to launch RUN dialog box.Ģ. You just need to launch the ctfmon.exe app and it’ll immediately fix the issue.ġ. The solution to fix this issue is very simple. Windows will not take any input from keyboard. Just end task of ctfmon.exe using Task Manager and try to type something in Microsoft Edge, Start Menu, Cortana search box and it’ll do nothing. It seems a bug to me as removing this single file should not cause such big issues in other programs.
Now it seems in Windows 10, if we delete this file or prevent it from running in the background, it breaks Windows functionality and Windows stops accepting keyboard input in above mentioned places such as Microsoft Edge, Start Menu, Cortana and Lock Screen. But in previous Windows versions, removing/disabling ctfmon.exe file didn’t cause any side effects, so it was safe to delete this file. We also posted a tutorial to remove this ctfmon.exe process running in background. If you remember, in Windows XP days, we used to disable/remove this ctfmon.exe file as it was always running in the background. This application can be found in C:\Windows\System32 folder. Ctfmon.exe application comes preinstalled with Windows 10 and is responsible for features like speech recognition, handwriting, language schemes, etc. This problem occurs if an application “ ctfmon.exe” (CTF Loader) is not running in Windows 10. It took me a few hours in finding the culprit behind this annoying and strange issue and it seems a BUG in Windows 10. So language bar is also missing in Taskbar in Windows 10. PS: Sometimes if you enabled the language bar in Taskbar, it also disappears. There might be some other places as well like Store apps, etc where the same problem occurs but I found only above mentioned instances of this issue. So basically Windows doesn’t accept any keyboard input in Microsoft Edge, Start Menu, Cortana search and Lock Screen.
#Windows key not opening start menu password#
You need to click using the mouse button and then you become able to login by typing the password on Login Screen. On Lock Screen, you are unable to press any key such as Space bar to remove the Lock Screen.
So you are unable to search for the programs and apps. Windows doesn’t accept any input from the keyboard. Same thing happens when you try to type something in Start Menu or Cortana search box. You are unable to type anything in the address bar. In Windows 10, if you open Microsoft Edge web browser and try to type something in the address bar, nothing happens.
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